Bears @ Phantoms Preview, 11/14

Hershey Bears
record ~ 9-5-0-1 19 points
standings ~ 2nd in East Division
most recent game ~ 4-1 Loss @ Bridgeport, 11/9
last 5 games ~ 1-3-0-1
road record ~ 6-3-0-1
goals for ~ 60
goals against ~51
power play ~ 14.9% (20th)
penalty kill ~ 76.9% (27th)


Philadelphia Phantoms
record ~ 8-6-0-0 16 points
standings ~ 4th in East Division
most recent game ~ 2-0 Win @ Providence, 11/9
last 5 games ~ 4-1-0-0
home record ~ 2-2-0-0
goals for ~ 40
goals against ~ 37
power play ~ 20.2% (6th)
penalty kill ~ 89.7% (3rd)

last time teams met - Philadelphia won 4-3 in a shootout on November 2 in Philadelphia.

Players to watch:

Hershey:

C Keith Aucoin (11)- He needs to start producing again. He has 2 assists in his last 7 games and the team is not producing without him.
LW Chris Bourque (17) - Now that he is on the top line with Aucoin and Graham Mink he needs to score some more. He isn't much better than Aucoin over the past 7 games as he only has 3 assists in those games.
G Simeon Varlamov (31) - He is expected to get the start in Philly tonight. The Bears more than anything need some steady goaltending to help out the offense.

Philadelphia:

RW David Laliberte (10) - He only has 2 goals and 5 assists this season in 9 games. But both goals and 3 of the assists have come against the Bears.
D Danny Syvret (25) - The defenseman has 3 goals and 12 assists so far and is leading the team in points. Against Hershey he has a goal and 5 assists in 3 games.
RW Claude Giroux (19) - He is second on the team with 11 points (5 goals and 6 assists) in 14 games. 1 goal and 3 assists in 3 games against the Bears.


This is the first of back to back games between the Bears and Phantoms as well as the first of 4 games in the next 15 days. The Bears return home for Saturday nights game against Philly and finish the weekend at home against Bingo.

LET'S GO BEARS!!!